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So I bought a gallon of apple juice with OG of 1.050 and added ale yeast to it. Three days later it is at 1.007 which is about where I would like to have it in sweetness. What do I do next? Do I let it keep fermenting and then add sugar later to get it up or do I stop fermentation by chilling it...

So I would like to make my next batch an Altbier and I have this recipe, but I am confused about the mash portion that talks about water to grain ratio. It starts with a 1/1 ratio and then steps it up through the other temperatures. Is this recipe assuming that I am ADDING water to achieve those...

So the time has come for me to start look into actually building a brew stand. I have searched high and wide on this forum for ideas and have compiled them all into what I think will work best for me. My main concern is that I will be moving a lot in the next 10 years and won't always have a...

So I have been running my new keezer for about 4 weeks now and on two occasions I have noticed a pool on some clear liquid at the bottom on the freezer. The liquid is not beer, its odorless, and has a slightly sticky/thicker-than-water consistency. It takes about a week and a half for a good...

Today was my fifth brew and it was my first partial mash and first lager. Got a Helles recipe from my LHBS and went on my way making the beer. I get the yeast ready and pitch it, everything is going well as I go to pick the carboy up and move it to the fridge...Then: 6.5...

So I am about to buy a German faucet on ebay.de for my keezer I am building, but my concern is making the metric faucet fit with all my US standard keg equipment. Mainly how am I going to connect a hose from the keg to the faucet? The faucet does come with a shank, but it's a metric shank. I...

I am currently on day 7 of my second batch of beer which is a porter based on a recipe from my lhbs. I took a hydrometer sample today and tasted the sample. The beer is currently at .02 and its supposed to have a final of .015, but the real problem came in when I tasted it. It tastes very...

I am trying to figure out some alternatives between putting my beer in bottles with the waiting and putting the money into a full kegging system. I am brewing 5gal batches and my main concern is that I would like to be able to bring beer to other people's house and/or give it away to friends. I...

I have been looking into brewing beer for the last month, but since I am in the middle of a move and can't get my equipment until Oct I opted to make some cheese in the meantime. I am very lucky to have a goat farm right down the road where I was able to get 1 gallon on fresh milk and from...

Hello beer brewing world. Over the last month I have been reading up on home brewing and have been getting ready to buy my first brewing materials in October (when I finally move). Until then I have been thinking about WHAT I will brew and I wanted to get your input on what styles I...